Reviving the Ming, 1627

A modern office worker transmigrates into the body of Zhu Youjian, who is about to ascend the throne in the seventh year of the Tianqi reign. Trapped in a hopeless situation, with Wei Zhongxian holding the court in his grip, the imperial treasury holding less than two hundred thousand taels, and the Shaanxi uprising just beginning, he uses political intrigue to divide the eunuch faction, reclaim imperial power, and reform the finances and military in an attempt to rewrite the ending in which he hangs himself at Coal Hill.